Randas Burns And John M. Marcsik Tied For 1st In The 2nd Annual "Dog Days Of Summer Open"

Randas Burns and John M. Marcsik both scored 3.5-0.5 to tie for 1st place in the tournament.
John D. Marcsik scored 3-1 and took home the Under 1800 prize. Tyler Gob won the Under 1400 prize and Sal Mancuso won the Under 1000/unrated prize money!

Of special note, Josiah Hereford gained 117 rating points for his outstanding performance!

The tournament crosstable may be viewed here:

2nd Annual Dog Days Of Summer Open Set For August 24th!

The Family Buffet in Elizabethtown will host the 2^nd Annual Dog Days of Summer Open on Saturday, August 24^th! The Tournament flyer can be viewed here:

Last year Taylor Bagley of Lexington won the “Dog Days of Summer Open,” with Chris Bush, Randus Burns and Larry Bell all tying for second place. We had 21 players in two sections. Please register in advance if possible!

Owens Wins The August Monthly Swiss

There was again only 3 members that showed up for the Second Tuesday Monthly Tournament!
Johnny Owens won with a score of 2.5-0.5. Rudy McKinney came in second with a score of 2-1 and Sal Mancuso finished third with a score of 1.5-1.5.

The rated crosstable can be viewed here:

We only have 4 more monthly tournaments left and you must have played in 5 monthly events to be in the club championship playoffs. Mancuso, Nunn and Owens have met this requirement!

Reminder

                              The second Tuesday Tournament will be held at the college 13 August.

Odds And Ends

Sam Hunt, winner of the biggest upset in the Mike Anders Memorial.



                                         Gelvic is back! And played in the Mike Anders Memorial.

                  Davis Whaley, winner of the Mike Anders Memorial, playing Randas Burns.

There are only 5 "Second Tuesday Tournaments" left this year. Just a reminder that Johnny added the requirement to play in at least 5 tournaments to qualify for the 2013 Club Championship. So far only Amy, Sal, and Johnny have met that requirement.

USCF Master Davis Whaley Wins "The Mike Anders Memorial Open!"

            Mike Anders (left) plays Louis DeFiore at the "School's Out Classic" in May 2012!

One Master and four Experts play in the 1st Annual Mike Anders Memorial Open in Elizabethtown!
Twenty-two players played in the tournament to honor Mike Anders!

Master Davis Whaley of Lexington, KY won the tournament with a score of 4-0! Michael Thomas and Stephen Dillard both scored 3-1 to share 2nd place. The Class B prize went to Jennifer Ishee, Louis DeFiore and Samuel Hunt who all scored 2.5-1-5! Dan Franklin and Michael Williams shared the Class C prize. The Class D and Under prize was spilt by Stuart Kernohan and Jacob Williams.

Jerry Weldin donated a leather chess wallet for the biggest upst prize which was won by Samuel Hunt for his victory over Expert Chris Bush! Way to go Sam!

The crosstable can be viewed here:

Mike Anders Memorial Tournament This Saturday!

The Mike Anders Memorial Chess Tournament will be held at the Family Buffet this Saturday, July 27th, 2013!

The tournament flyer can be viewed here:

Rudy Wins The "July Monthly Swiss" With A Score Of 3-0!

                Sal Mancuso (left) makes a move vs. Rudy McKinney in the July Monthly Swiss!

Only 3 members showed up and Rudy McKinney won the club's July Monthly Swiss!
Johnny went pawn grabbing and overlooked a mate in one vs. Rudy in their Round 2 game!

The crosstable can be viewed here!

Chris Bush Returns And Places 1st in "The Battle of Elizabethtown!"

                       Chris Bush (left) is playing Steve Dillard at "The Battle Of Elizabethtown!"
                                                       Yes. Steve does still play chess!!

Chris Bush went 4-0 to win "The Battle of Elizabethtown!" Mike Thomas, Steve Dillard and Jennifer Ishee all scored 3-1 for 2nd Place!  Jennifer took home the Under 1800 prize as it was higher than her share of 2nd place. Jennifer played 3 Experts - Beating 2 of them!! She won't be under 1800 for long!

Dave Brock was 1st Under 1400 and Sal Mancuso was 1st Under 1000.

The complete crosstable can be seen here:

Attendance

                                                     Attendance was up by 50% tonight!

The Battle of Elizabethtown Chess Tourney This Saturday!

This Saturday, June 29th we will be having a chess tourney at Elizabethtown!

A copy of the flyer can be veiwed here:

We hope to see you there!!

Attendance

Hopefully attendance will bounce back soon. Sal reported that he and Phillip were the only players to show up Tuesday night.

Reminder

                            Reminder; we will be playing at the Family Buffet on Tuesday 18 June.

Owens Is Perfect At The June Monthly Swiss!

 

Johnny Owens went 3-0 in the Elizabethtown Chess Club Monthly Swiss. Again it turned out to be a Quad, but those that played, had a great time!

It was good the see Kerry Fatula join the mix! The crosstable can be veiwed here:

Reminder

The 2nd Tuesday Tournament will be held 11 June in room #108A, the Carpentry Shop, of the Occupational & Technical building at ECTC.

Remember, you must be a paid club member to play! It was decided that if you will be playing in the 2nd Tuesday tournament you need to place a comment on the "reminder post" (this post!) NLT noon the day of the tournament. Remember the top two finishers are seeded into the 2013 Club Championship.

Club meeting starts at 6:30 pm and the tournament will start at 7:00.

Thomas Is Perfect At The 2nd School's Out Classic!

             Rodney Woolson (left) playing Michael Thomas in the 1st Round of the tournament!

USCF Expert Michael Thomas went 4-0 in this year's "School's Out Classic" to win 1st Prize! Sai Ravi Munagala and Michael Williams both scored 3-1 to tie for 2nd place and the Under 1800 prize. Philip Laws took home the Under 1400 prize and Jacob Williams went home with the Under 1000 prize!

It was a good showing considering it was a holiday weekend and several big tournaments within easy driving distance! The complete crosstable chart can be viewed here:

Thanks to all those that played and I hope to see you at the Kentucky Open!

One Of My Games From Saturday

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Click on the double arrows at the extreme left to reset to the starting position then click on the single arrow pointing to the right to replay the game move by move.

2nd Annual School's Out Classic

This Saturday, May 25th, I will hosting the 2nd Annual School's Out Classic at the Family Buffet!

To look at the tournament flyer, click here:

Owens Is Perfect In May Monthly Swiss!

Amy Nunn playing Bob Kilmer in their 3rd Round game!

 

    Johnny Owens won his three games in this month's club "2nd Tuesday Tournament" to take

1st Place! Robert Kilmer, Amy Nunn and Sal Mancuso also played in the tournament.     

 

The rated crosstable can be viewed here:       

Look Like A Lady----Play Like A Lion!

The photo above shows Vera Menchik the first Woman World Chess Champion at the board. Menchik won the World Championship 8 times! With a phenomenal score of 78 wins, 4 draws, and only 1 loss! Not only did Vera play in women's events she also participated in men's events and played matches against men. Before the 1929 Carlsbad Tournament Viennese master Albert Becker remarked sarcastically that anyone losing to her should be put in the Vera Menchik Club . You guessed it, he became the first member!

In the Elizabethtown Chess Club there is a similar club: the Amy Nunn Club! Amy has taken more than a few scalps in tournament play, click here to view her record and once you get the link opened click on "Top 30 opponents" then click search for a by name list of her victims. Unbeknown to me Amy even keeps track of skittles games and informed me that I had just lost my first game (G/10;d5) against her at a recent Club meeting. Once Amy improves her end game play (we all need to do that!) she will become a force to be reckoned with as she has already almost eliminated her old time control problems.